Today… is apparently the birthday for actresses going for that indie/offbeat lane: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Martha Plimpton, Lisa Bonet, Missi Pyle, Marg Helgenberger, and those were just the names I recognized.
Also one I did not: Pattie Santos, lead singer of It’s A Beautiful Day. Apparently they were on the short list to play Woodstock, but there was only one spot, so the organizer flipped a coin and they lost to Santana.
Abortion
Rewire News Group | These States Are Poised to Expand Reproductive Rights | Alys Brooks
After the election, advocates are looking to strengthen abortion rights wherever they can—particularly in states with Democratic legislative majorities
Washington Post | There will be a record number of antiabortion women in the House | Paige Winfield Cunningham
These women, all Republicans, will still be outnumbered about 3 to 1 by Democratic women in the House, who uniformly support abortion rights. But their victories came as a boon — and something of a surprise — to antiabortion activists who have long struggled to recruit female politicians sympathetic to their cause.
LGBTQ
CNBC | For the LGBTQ community, family brings extra benefits and costs | Carmen Reinicke
Having a handle on finances is important for LGBTQ individuals, as many start off behind their non-LGBTQ peers. Some may not have had supportive families and incur more debt for education, can face discrimination in the workplace, may need to protect financial assets from family and may experience higher costs associated with family building.
LGBTQ Nation | Justice Alito begins full-court press on LGBTQ rights with claims that marriage equality ruling censors people | Juwan Holmes
“You can’t say that marriage is a union between one man and one woman. Until recently, that’s what the vast majority of Americans thought. Now, it's considered bigotry.
NBC News | Supreme Court Justice Alito's Federalist Society speech shows how political the court will get | Scott Lemieux
More from ABC, The American Independent, Daily Beast, Esquire, GoMag, Newsweek, NPR, Rewire News Group, Washington Post
Nonprofit Quarterly | LGBTQ Political Power Seizes the Moment | Ruth McCambridge, Sofia Jarrin
The number of openly LGBTQ elected officials has grown to 843 as of June, according to the Victory Institute. The latest election has now added significant victories in both blue and red states.
NPR | Biden Wants Census To See 'Invisible' Groups: LGBTQ, Middle Eastern, North African | Hansi Lo Wang
Two specific policy proposals could change how LGBTQ people and people with roots in the Middle East or North Africa can identify themselves for the next census and future federal surveys, and could give policymakers and researchers better insight into the U.S. population.
California
San Francisco Chronicle | How a 21-year-old LGBTQ climate activist toppled a longtime South S.F. council incumbent | Annie Vainshtein
Nevada
U.S. News & World Report | 'Righting a Wrong': Nevada 1st to Protect Same-Sex Marriage | Lindsay Whitehurst, Sam Metz
New York
Changing America | LGBTQ+ teens struggle to find acceptance, and a home, in New York City | Austa Somvichian-Clausen
Pregnancy & Parenting
Deseret News | Why the child care industry was prepared to fight the COVID-19 pandemic | Lois Collins
Long before the pandemic began, child care providers operated under policies designed to keep children safe and reduce illness spread — and, as a result, they’ve had to make fewer changes than many families, businesses and even schools to cope with the novel coronavirus.
California
San Diego Union-Tribune | How some companies are helping parents cope with child care during the pandemic | Hang Nguyen
Maryland
Frederick News Post | Single moms strive to overcome personal challenges | Greg Swatek
Oregon
USA Today | Parents can't afford daycare and preschool. Oregon voters are giving it to kids for free. | Lindsay Schnell
Reproductive Health & Justice
Curiosity Shots | Period Poverty: Breaking The Cycle | Alana MacLeod
Period poverty has significantly contributed to female students missing school because they cannot afford to purchase menstrual products. While many states in America have passed laws mandating educational institutions to provide ‘essential’ period products to students, there remains an urgency for universal access to these products for individuals who need them.
Women’s Republic | Period Poverty: A Tax on Periods? | Ahmida Alam Prithi
Forbes | A Quarter People Misidentified A Vagina & Struggle To Talk About Their Bodies, Study Finds | Alice Broster
A new study has found that nearly one in four people misidentified a vagina and not understanding your body can have serious implications when you go to the doctors with an intimate health issue.
Work & Money
The Atlantic | When Discrimination Targets the Privileged | Helen Lewis
Meet the feminist aristocrats fighting for the right of daughters to inherit peerages.
Business Insider | Former employees at Jones Day claim there is a 'boys' club' culture and sexual discrimination at the powerhouse law firm representing Trump's campaign | Casey Sullivan
Over the past several years, plaintiffs in federal lawsuits have accused firm management of gender and pregnancy discrimination. Business Insider interviewed dozens of people who have worked at Jones Day and found separate allegations that have not been publicly reported or filed in a lawsuit.
Jezebel | You Don't Have to Celebrate the First Woman Secretary of Defense | Marie Solis
On the surface it might seem like an obvious gain for women to have another woman appointed to such a high office for the first time. But to laud Flournoy based on this fact is to endorse an empty version of feminism, which asks us to support women no matter what they do.
The Lily | Most men believe their workplace empowers women, according to a study. Their female counterparts don’t agree. | Ashley Hackett
The study found that 90% of respondents worked in a company where a majority of senior leaders were men. Of the men who responded to the survey, 80% believed their workplace “empowers women to reach their full potential,” while only 36% of women respondents agreed.
New York Times | How to End ‘Women’s Work’ and its Pay Gap - The New York Times | Anna Sussman
New Zealand is pursuing a century-old idea to close the gender pay gap: not equal pay for equal work, but equal pay for work of equal value.
Maryland
Baltimore Sun | Here’s why COVID is making women sadder and angrier than men | Dena Smith, Mileah Kromer
New Jersey
NJ.com | Ex-Hillside cop files suit against police chief over pregnancy discrimination | Rebecca Panico
South Dakota
Rapid City Journal | Poll: Women less supportive than men of Noem, state virus response | Bart Pfankuch
More, More, More
The Mary Sue | How the Trump Campaign’s Last Stand Teaches a Lesson in Rape Culture | Kylie Cheung
Trump’s behavior may be shocking to many onlookers, but survivors of abusive relationships have called his incessant gaslighting and refusal to let go hauntingly familiar—and they’re absolutely right. The truth is there are lessons about rape culture that all of us can learn from the Trump campaign’s desperate last stand to cling to power.